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Kamala Harris has 'extraordinary friendship' with Disney executive Dana Walden overseeing ABC which will host her first debate with Trump
The host network of the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is revealed to have a major conflict of interest.
It's no secret that Vice President Harris has a close, personal friendship with Dana Walden, the co-chair of Disney Entertainment, which owns ABC News.
She even credits the exec for her marriage to Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
ABC News is slated to host the first of three showdowns between Harris and Trump on September 10.
Some have also said that ABC shouldn't host the debate because Trump is suing its longtime host George Stephanopoulos for defamatory comments made on air.
Vice President Kamala Harris has a close friendship with Disney co-chair Dana Walden that some claim creates a massive conflict with the first debate with Donald Trump next month hosted by ABC News
Harris first met Walden in 1994, and their husbands have known each other since the 1980s, according to The New York Times.
The vice president has called herself 'extraordinary friends' with the Waldens.
But ABC insists there is no conflict and says while Walden, 59, oversees 18 businesses across the Disney empire – including ABC News – she has no say in editorial decisions.
Dana and Matt Walden have donated to Harris' political campaigns since 2003 when she was running for district attorney in San Francisco.
'In many ways, Dana and Matt are responsible for my marriage,' Harris joked during an April 2022 fundraiser at the Waldens' home in the wealthy neighborhood of Brentwood in Los Angeles, California.
The couple set Harris up on a blind date with the father-of-two.
Disney Entertainment noted in a statement that Walden has not hosted a fundraiser for Harris since June 2022, which is when ABC News came under her purview.
Walden did donate $20,000 in 2023 to support President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, according to public filings.
Dana Walden (right) has been close with Harris since 1994 and her husband Matt Walden (left) has known Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff since the 1980s. The couple introduced Harris and Emhoff via a blind date
Amid Trump's lawsuit against ABC, his allies often accuse the news network and its executives and anchors of bias against the Republican presidential nominee.
Harris' closeness to Walden is well known, but their relationship has been put more into the spotlight since ABC News confirmed on Thursday it is hosting the first prime-time debate between the vice president and former president next month.
The debate will be moderated by ABC anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis
Walden is the highest-ranking television executive at Disney Co. and oversees an expansive portfolio including ABC News, Disney's streaming services, multiple TV studios and cable networks and a chain of local television studios.